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1952 Map of Nunivak Island A-3

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Nunivak Island A-3
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

Nanwaksjiak Crater and the surrounding volcanic terrain dominate the southwestern portion of Nunivak Island in the early 1950s. This survey, compiled from aerial photography, details a landscape defined by thousands of small lakes and ponds interspersed with significant geological features like the Lava Bed. The Kalikaneethnook River snakes across the northern portion of the quadrangle, draining through a low-lying tundra environment.

As part of the Nunivak National Wildlife Refuge, the area shows no established roads or permanent settlements at the time of mapping, reflecting its status as a protected wilderness. Precise topographic markers like Vabm 751 and Vabm 577 provide fixed points of elevation in an otherwise fluid and marshy geography. The intricate patterns of water and land illustrate the complex drainage systems typical of this part of the Bering Sea coast.